The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Driveline 1941 1/2 ton - Steering questions

Gentleman,
I have a 41 - 1/2 Pickup and I have begun working on the steering linkage. Does anyone know if the Drag Link Studs are pressed in? I do not see any welding but I cannot get them out. Also does the arm that is attached to the wheel back plate (with the studs in it) come off? I have taken off the nuts and tried to take out the bolts but they do no turn even with an impact gun and no luck.

Any Help is Appreciated.

Wayne

The bolts are just rusted in place. They are simple bolts through holes and the nuts hold the steering arms on.
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http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/parts/1929_41/41cp149.html

The ball studs are peened in place, to remove them, drill from the back side to to remove most of the material, then drive them out. The hole in the arm is hourglass shaped, so when the metal is peened over, it won't pull out the other side. Do not drill to big or you will ruin the arms.

Look here for some great tips, scroll down to the steering section.

http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/

Joe,

I am purchasing new Studs from The Filling Station and they do not appear to be Hour Glass shaped (in the picture) but round also the end of the stud on the are appears to be round, am I missing something?

Wayne.

The holes in my drag link were not hourglass shaped. However there was a slight chamfer underneath where the stud was swaged in place. If you drill that out a little they will press out.

Any idea how to get the Steering Knuckel arm off? The arm connected to the left wheel drivers side. It has two bolts but they are not moving.

Wayne

The studs are straight shafted, and the holes are mostly straight, there will be a chamfer on the peened side where the stud is pounded into. It lets the metal expand out bigger then the hole so the stud will not pull through. I used the hour glass as way to describe what the internals look like, greatly exaggerated yes, but still makes the point.

Steering arms are just bolted on, if the bolts don't turn, they are simply rusted in place. You may need to pull the front wheel to drive the rusted bolts out once the nuts are off.